Sample preparation in glass capillaries for high-throughput biochemical analyses

Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE-CASE 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 7-12

  Meldrum, Deirdre R ^a   Holl, Mark R ^a   Fisher, Charles H ^a   Saini, Mohan S ^a   McGuire, Shawn K ^a   Ren, Timothy T H ^a   Pence, William H ^b   Moody, Stephen E ^b   Cunningham, David L ^b   Donaldson, Douglas A ^b   Wiktor, Peter J ^c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b Orca Photonic Systems Inc   (United States)

^c Engineering Arts   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechatronics; Laboratory automation; Microfluidics; Sample preparation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONDITION MONITORING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA; GLASS;

BIOMECHATRONICS; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MICROFLUIDICS; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

CAPILLARY TUBES;

EID: 33745954752     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COASE.2005.1506737     Document Type: Conference Paper

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